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The Search For New Elements On The Periodic Table Started With A Blast

Edit IFL Science 07 Jan 2016
German researchers added a strongly European flavour to the naming scheme, honouring the physicists Niels Bohr (bohrium), Lise Meitner (meitnerium), and Wilhelm Röntgen (roentgenium), the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (copernicium) and their home city and state – darmstadtium and Hassium are named after the town of Darmstadt and the German state of Hesse (passing through Latin along the way, which changes the ‘e’ to an ‘a’ ... ....

The search for new elements on the periodic table started with a blast (CSIRO - ...

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jan 2016
(Source ... German researchers added a strongly European flavour to the naming scheme, honouring the physicists Niels Bohr (bohrium), Lise Meitner (meitnerium), and Wilhelm Röntgen (roentgenium), the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (copernicium) and their home city and state - darmstadtium and Hassium are named after the town of Darmstadt and the German state of Hesse (passing through Latin along the way, which changes the 'e' to an 'a'....

The women who science forgot

Edit BBC News 19 Jun 2015
Jawad Iqbal Analysis and insight editor. 19 June 2015. From the section Science & Environment. Dorothy Hodgkin. The "Oxford housewife" who won a Nobel Prize. A quick web search for the world's most famous scientists lists, among others, Galileo, Einstein, Newton, Darwin, Stephen Hawking and Alexander Fleming ... She won two Nobel Prizes, in physics and chemistry ... The element meitnerium was named after Austrian Lise Meitner ... ....

The 10 best unsung female scientists

Edit The Guardian 22 May 2015
Rachel Swaby, author of a book highlighting women’s contributions to science, chooses her favourite female scientists, from the greatest dinosaur hunter to the inventor of Kevlar. Rachel Swaby. Friday 22 May 2015 12.00 BST. Mary Anning. Palaeontologist (1799-1847) Facebook Twitter. Photograph. B.J. Donne/Sedgwick Muesum ... Her work was often showcased and published without credit ... In 1997 the heavy element meitnerium was named in her honour ... AP....

Element of the week: ununoctium

Edit The Guardian 27 Dec 2013
This element's dubious origins launched a scandal in the world of nuclear physics. This week, we meet the last element that has been synthesised so far. This element is ununoctium, which has the temporary atomic symbol, Uuo and the permanent atomic number, 118 ... This element is known from just three atoms that were claimed to have been synthesised three years apart ... Some physicists even predict half-lives of millions of years ... ... Meitnerium....

Element of the week: ununseptium

Edit The Guardian 20 Dec 2013
One of this element's parents traveled across the Atlantic Ocean more times in just a couple days than a career diplomat!. Berkelium. It took 250 days to make enough berkelium, shown here (just 22 milligrams, dissolved), to synthesize element 117. Image. ORNL, Department of Energy (public domain) ... This is the penultimate element that we will meet in this series ... [Video link]. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Livermorium ... Ununpentium ... Meitnerium ... Radon....

Element of the week: livermorium

Edit The Guardian 13 Dec 2013
What do ununhexium, eka-polonium and nottingium share in common?. The Professor likes Lego too!. Image. screengrab/Periodic Videos. This week's element is livermorium, which has the atomic symbol, Lv, and atomic number, 116. This is the last of the elements that we'll meet that has a permanent formal name (at this time) ... This element is predicted to be a solid metalloid at room temperature ... its name ... [Video link] ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Meitnerium ... ....

Element of the week: ununpentium

Edit The Guardian 06 Dec 2013
What do plankium, poliakoffium and Sweden share in common?. Artist's idea of the fusion reaction of calcium-48 nuclei with an americium-243 target. Image. United States Department of Energy (Public domain). We're getting closer to the end, my peeps! This week's element goes by the temporary name, ununpentium, and the temporary atomic symbol, Uup, along with the permanent atomic number, 115 ... [Video link] ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Meitnerium....

Element of the week: flerovium

Edit The Guardian 29 Nov 2013
What does ununquadium and the island of Stability share in common?. The theoretical Island of stability in nuclear physics. Image. InvaderXan (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.). This week's element is flerovium, which has the atomic symbol, Fl, and the atomic number, 114 ... This laboratory was named to honor Russian physicist Georgy Flyorov ... approximately 80 atoms have been observed so far ... (1969) ... .. ... Meitnerium....

Element of the week: ununtrium

Edit The Guardian 22 Nov 2013
What do japonium, rikenium and nishinanium share in common?. Scientists at Japan's RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science say they've finally succeeded in creating the synthetic element 113. Image. RIKEN. This week's element is ununtrium, which has the temporary atomic symbol, Uut, and the atmonic number, 113 ... It is predicted to be a very dense solid at room temperature ... This time, their discovery claim was accepted ... Meitnerium....

Can Earth Handle Its Projected Population of 11 Billion People?

Edit Mashable 20 Nov 2013
The human population is exploding ... The bump in the predicted number was made in part because birthrates in sub-Saharan Africa are not dropping as fast as predicted ... Here's a brief look at each issue. Food Security ... SEE ALSO ... Jens Schott Knudsen Facts About Meitnerium Moms' Bacteria May Affect Brain Development in Baby Mice Zoo's Hope of Love Connection Soars with New Resident Breast MRIs Not Always Used Appropriately, Studies Suggest....

Element of the week: copernicium

Edit The Guardian 15 Nov 2013
What do ununbium, Copernicus and China share in common?. This week's element is copernicium, which has the atomic symbol, Cn and the atomic number, 112. Originally known as ununbium, this element was named in honour of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who discovered that the Earth orbits the Sun. Probably the most interesting aspect of this element is the reason it was given its atomic symbol ... ONE atom -- of copernicium-277 ... ... Meitnerium ... ....

Element of the week: roentgenium

Edit The Guardian 08 Nov 2013
What do unununium and the first ever Nobel Prize in Physics share in common?. Image. Cheezburger. This week's element is roentgenium, which has the atomic symbol, Rg, and atomic number, 111. Originally known by its temporary name, unununium (Uuu), this element was named in honour of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who discovered X-rays and who, in 1901, was awarded the first ever Nobel Prize in physics ... [Video link]. ... Meitnerium....
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